Clowd vs Flameshot.

Flameshot is the go-to open-source screenshot tool on Linux. Clowd adds recording and a video editor, on Windows and macOS.

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ClowdScreen capture, recording and editing

Price: FreeFree. No trial, no tiers, no watermark.
Status: Very active4.10.0 released Oct 19, 2026. In development since 2015.
Best for: Windows and macOSWindow-aware captureRecording and OCR

FlameshotOpen-source screenshot and annotation tool, Linux first

Price: FreeFree and open source (GPL-3.0).
Status: Activev14 shipped in June 2026, and v15 is in release candidates.
Best for: Linux and WaylandScripting from the command lineFast in-place markup

Feature by feature.

Every Flameshot verdict comes from its own documentation.

Clowd vs Flameshot: feature comparison
Feature	Clowd	Flameshot
Capture
Region capture	YesPress PrtScn and drag. Edges can be placed to the pixel while zoomed.	Yes
Window snapping	YesHover a window and click, or press W.	No
Full-screen capture	YesF for the monitor under the cursor, A for all monitors, Ctrl+PrtScn for the active screen.	YesPer screen or all screens (CLI 'screen'/'full'). v14 asks which monitor to capture.
Magnifier	YesScroll to zoom the frozen screen from 1× to 256×.	YesOptional 'Show magnifier' setting (since v12, off by default).
Color picker	YesPress H on any pixel. The Color Editor copies HEX, RGB or HSL and has an eyedropper.	PartialPicks a drawing color from the screen (G). No tool for copying hex values.
Scrolling capture	YesRewinds to the top first, and sticky headers appear once. Scrolls whole windows, not panes inside them. Needs Accessibility permission on macOS.	No
Text recognition (OCR)	YesOn-device. The text lifts off the capture so you can check it, then copy, search or share it. OCR and the AI effects need Windows or a Mac with Apple Silicon. Latin, Greek, Chinese and Japanese kana. Cyrillic and Korean aren’t supported yet.	No
Delay timer	NoThere is no capture timer yet.	YesCLI --delay and the launcher's delay.
Annotate
Image editor	YesEvery capture opens in the image editor. Objects stay editable and sessions autosave.	PartialAnnotation happens in the capture overlay. There is no separate editor after capture.
Shapes, arrows and text	YesCurved arrows and lines, a Bezier pen, text, sticky notes and a highlighter.	YesPencil, line, arrow (styles in 15.0 RC), rectangle, circle, marker, text.
Blur and pixelate	YesMosaic, blur or solid. It only affects the image underneath, never your annotations.	YesPixelate/blur.
Step numbers	YesNumbered steps. Drag from a step to pull an arrow out of it.	YesCircle counter.
Record
Screen recording	YesRegion, window or screen, with a live frame-rate meter.	No
Present
Draw on screen	Yes9 tools, click-through on Esc, an eraser and one undo history across monitors.	No
Share
Upload and share	YesCaptures, recordings, text, files and folders. Image and video uploads need a storage destination; text pastes work out of the box.	PartialImgur only, and since v13.0 the Imgur uploader is disabled by default at compile time (re-enabled with -DENABLE_IMGUR).
Your own storage	YesAmazon S3 and S3-compatible, Azure Blob, Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2 and more.	NoOther hosts need CLI scripting.
Platform & price
Windows	YesWindows 10 and later, x64 and ARM64.	Yes
macOS	YesmacOS 13 and later, Apple Silicon and Intel. OCR and the AI effects need Windows or a Mac with Apple Silicon. Default hotkeys use PrtScn. Rebind them in Settings → Hotkeys on a Mac keyboard.	Yes
Linux	NoNot available yet.	Yes
Free	YesFree. No trial, no tiers, no watermark.	Yes
Open source	YesMIT licensed. The part that runs text recognition and the AI effects is GPL-3.0.	YesGPL-3.0.

Sources6Checked Oct 19, 2026

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Where Flameshot wins.

If these matter most to you, Flameshot may be the better pick.

Real Linux support, including Wayland.
Command-line and D-Bus scripting.
Pin a screenshot to the screen.

If you are on Linux, use Flameshot. Clowd has no Linux build yet.

Where Clowd goes further.

Capture Overlay

Window snapping and deep zoom.

Flameshot captures regions and screens. Clowd also snaps to windows, zooms up to 256× for exact edges and picks colors.

More about the capture overlay

Image Editor

An editor after the capture.

Flameshot's markup is final once you save. Clowd opens every capture in an editor where shapes stay editable, with curves, measuring and layers.

More about the image editor

Upload & Share

Uploads in the box.

Flameshot's Imgur uploader has been off in default builds since v13. Clowd uploads to your own storage and copies the link before the upload finishes.

More about uploads